Jour chonce fo wir

from

'fiHHTER

Spectrum gameson Memotech

adaptor for Hit MTX * I> ti

pulcc which will enable ii tocommercial Spectrum softwi

I Spccirum ROM and is Wry fle\-

ible. Each [ape will have the

crsion code rciiui

developed.

"Wc have been trying veryhard [o gel software houses to

produce Memotech softwarebul they haven't taken the

gamble", commented TimSpencer. Mcmoicch UK sales

manager. "We have lost sales

by not having the software andthis project should help us torcincds ilut situation."

The hardware will probably

lor for ihe Sinclair QL and the

Commodore version is due

One ad van!age for softwarehouses is [he difficulty of copy-ing software from the card. A

" spare data lii

I prograi ( Ihe"'in- me uncopyable.

There is no doubt that thecards work. Wc have seen thembeing used on an MSX machineand they load in under five

e enough for ihe

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April HAprlla. IMS Ho. I0»| l~BBC~

SPECIAL FEATURES I

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Soapbox

We gel Ihe chance 10 makethe magazine better byincluding all the ideas andsuggestions thai these letters

contain. We like to hear of your

successes and difficulties with

programs and games.

There is one kind of letter wecan do without, however — no,

not those from the taxman!letters praising one computer at

Ihe expense of another.

We have had a number of

these recently but we won't be

printing any more. We try to

cover a huge range of computertypes. All have their good and

bad features and people buy the

Is ihcii iii^ed- a

So please lei's not have anymore letters of that lype. Weneed your high scores, ideas,

pleas for help and evencriticism. We will send a priie

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Lakh Singh, satellite poslmun

Satellite link-up

Schools in Britain will soon be

ir Waiicr Raleigh

The ship is the base of Oper-

ation Raleigh, an international

conservation and exploration

project Tor young people, k has

a full computer room with sat el

-

schools will be able to follow

the progress of the expediiii

equipment. It a hoped I

found in the t :-.-.n-

tr/oik. PO Box 7. 300

new Gallery service will

offer Microns: subscribers the

rental of a page or sequence offor their own messages.

ideas, pictures or anything oftheir choice.

The only restriction, apart

j in reasonable decency, is

at the pages must not be usedfor commercial sale and this

ill be stringently enforced.

i cost of 25p per page for

I'diurn. AiHotic v ho u»es

;rvice is given a page

To update your page j

need to complete a respoi

frame. These will be collected

and the modification mausually within 24 hours.You will he able to con

friends, share jokes and e

make your software avail abli

other users. It's like renting part

of a poster. Everyone can sec it

but it may only be understoodby a selected few.

The service is due for launch

licrortl, 8 Herbal Hill. London

E COMPUTING WEEKLY 16 April 1985

lional field is Jacaranda Wiley.'

iWiley, [he book pub-

r, is based in Chichester,

and ihis move into software for

schools incorporates I he facili-

; and capabilities of the

Australian branch of (hecompany.

Designed for children in the

seven- to 13-years age group,

the initial range of si> lilies is

rather price v, at £14.95 and£19.95. Raft away River, QuickCartage Company, Gold Dust

Island. Scavenger Hunt, Cun-ning Running and Sheep Dog

Spreadsheet

Starion

Super HucyGrandmasterMystery of the Java

ArtworkPac-ManDig-DugMr DoBCII GrotWi/ad.nv

Spy Hume

CPC4645p/C64/CI6/BBC/Electron

CWAiariC64/AtariCH-Aun

£8.95 I

£7.95 5

.95 /

Revenge C64

Trial ; In* I

games, and future plan;

a word proccsslm! piickiijit

secondary seh """

maths programs.

Jet-B

Bailie for IV

hide Knight-Lore

.95 Kuma

.95 Datasoft/US Gold,95 Datasofl/USGold.95 Datasofl/USGold.95 US Gold.95 Imagine.95 US Gold.95 English

.95 PSS

Service with asmile

and you need it repairet

urgently — and you happen tt

live in the GIossop area — you

can now take it to a while-you-

wait computer repair servi

Video Vault promises in

repair, whether you drop bywith your SpecttuI'm same-day sei

Vault has a fully computerised

checking system, so faults abe located protnplly — ai

there's a standard flat-out ra

of £19.95 perci

6 April 1985 Page 5

MO\ir rOMI'UTINC WI-.l-KI'r

THE BEST THINGSINCE THE REAL THING

A VERY SPECIAL COMPETITION

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software stores everywhere.

Target To rise through the ranks

f the RAF elite to Group Captain, VC,

DSD, DFC

Reward: For the lucky few, a day

out at the Battle of Britain Museumplus a test light in a high performance

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St>itfire'4(t pack

Dave Carlos talked

to author Craig

Thomas about the

role computers playIn his latest thriller,

Bear's Tears

Becoming a computet expert mcdiaiely whenever he strays holes in the plot.

overnighl is a topic covered in from the normal palh. This

Craig Thomas's thriller. further the illusion of the story,

Thomas is Ihc author of Fire- and keeps you on the edge of

fox, now released as a film an end in itself and this

starring Clint Eastwood, The computer is by no means damages the story." 1 think

Craig walks this tightrope effec-

regular basis Ihc chances are provide added inierest. "The tively. There is no element of

(hat you will have heard of computer is used as a storage Ihc technical lecture about the

Craig Thomas. He writes action medium only," Craig Thomas book yet Ihe computer sections

novels with a spy or military explained. This could have been are detailed enough to be

[heme: Bear's Tears, published any olher storage system but credible.

bv Michael Jtiscph is ihe fusi nt" using a computer gave the "1 would like lo write a novel

his novels in which the ability lo move a great deal of about computing and comput-computer raises its ugly information easily. Proof in ers in a serious way but I still

keyboard

.

computer form is accepled in have to come up with an idea

Bear's Tears describes the the end loo. AH Hyde has to dofictional frame-up of a top is offer to iransmit it lo London fully," he said. "Most comput-

and this is accepled automatic- er novels tend lo be detective

struggle of old friends lo clear ally." stories or mysteries. They don't

his name and expose Ihe real This isn't quite Ihc case really help the writers of anKGB mole. action novel. In some of these

1 asked Craig Thomas why. depends more upon ihe feelings stories the characters can workafter seven novels, he should of ihe head of Briiish security out everything without going to

decide to include a computer for one of [he characters lhan the computer. This is a real

theme in this one. upon ihc proof of ihc compuier problem in an action story."

Craig admitted that he isn't a tape. "To have doubled ihc 1 can't help but wonder, after

computer user at all. "1 used a computer would have added reading this book, if the

technical advisor who came up further complications," Craig modern spy needs to step out or

with a plot for the computer admitted, "and 1 prefer the Ihe office al all. With all the

section that was plausible. The outcome lo hinge upon the information floating around the

technology is only ever a hook airwaves and wandering downin a novel of this kind; you have technical," the telephone lines fromto be careful never lo let ii take He continued: "1 used a compuier lo computer perhaps

friend who sells computers in all we need is a room full of

for the readers and [ have greal this case as an advisor. 1 wantedreserves about that." to do two things wiih this book. Ihe systems and taking all ihe

""1 don't even use a word- Firstly 1 didn't want lo confuse information Ihey want. Il

processor to help me write," he nontechnical readers who have certainly wouldn't help Craig

went on. "This is because 1 feel never used a computer before Thomas write his book, but it

lhat Ihe typewriter is just one might make life less risky for

step From the quill and ihc pen. the agents of M15.1 have looked at word process-

ors and seen how ihey might

never taken ihc pl..oge. If all

the processes of producing a .-•**

floppy disc Ihen 1 would buy '- 1_-

till relv upon paper!" ^^^^mA,The hero of ihc book is arcnegrade Australian spy called

Hyde. He has Ihe task ofbreaking into the KGB's master

W"information lo free his framedfriend. For just one night he is

^W «?» I w1 might by an Ml 5 computer bWhizz and the next day he walks

into the Russian Embassy as a ^^mm W^M ^1 asked Craig if he thought l^m»this were really possible and lie

. Vadmitted that it was unlikely V^H hbut there is a chance that Hyde A^Hcould have gut the informationhe needed.

Big brother raises his head al it »this point. Whenever Hyde is

ti */ A %using the computer someone in l\ 'V jMoscow is waiching his every 1 7 fc . w

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HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY 1* April 19*5 P>ge»

o

across Ihe world visiting 16

Grand Pri* races Up 10 six

player i can pan it i pale, torn col'

competing in ihn simulation.

Yoo invest sponsors' money lo

improve your driver, cars andpit crew. The object is io win

either I he Drivers' oi the

championship —

The loading screen ask- you10 LOAD a SAVbd game, then

how many players, be Ioreasking you which level of diffi-

culty you want, and to enter

your name. Then [here's achoice of six teams, numeroussponsors and drivers. Then,using the sponsor's money, youcan buy new engines, chassis

and crew and improve Ihe car's

a full re ,-lllu-lr

history and the weather forecast— so that a choice of tyre type

can be made. The cars' lap

times arc shown and then Ihey

line up at the grid, Ihe lights

change and — they're off. with

the heads of Ihe crowd movingas cars flash around Ihc track.

Scoreboard displays lap

number as well as difference in

changes, pit-

slops £ during which each

player must control (he crew ...

The demonstration game —lasting ages — is worth seeing.

An impressive, addictive gamewhich needs lliat saving faciliij

.

Price; £7,95

Publisher: CRL

As Ihe name suggests, this game

popular BMX cross country

The object is lo get from the

start of a BMX race track,

avoid certain obstacles andfinish in a respectable

! this i

! is better than t

o thefying tit

Control is by joystick andspeed is achieved by pressing

lite fire bullon. The faster youlire Ihe faster Ihe bike goes.

This proves difficult lo co-

The graphics of the game are

gener-ally good with a very life-

like pedalling sprite but the

rocks which get in the way are

rather strange-looking, morelike coloured sponges.

At first 1 thought that soundduring ihe game was non-existent but if you listen care-

fully you can hear ihc bikecreak as you pedal.

An annoying feature is Ihe

fact that there is only one at-

tempt at any given distance so if

you tail you have lo start at the

be-ginning of Ihc game again.

It's lucky Ihis isn't an arcade

J.D.

Death Star Intercepts

Intercept or is a technically

impressive game which falls

down tin payability.

of i

3Ugheach game, as the control o

your ship is fairly erratic. Oncelaunched you head for o

space, with the Death Slar andlots of small pinpoint

the background.

Some of these s

seem to move and grow larger,

developing into wave after waveof attacking Tic fighter

very impressive pie

graphics, but I found shooting

at these ships very difficult as

your own ship leans lo the left

;>nd liitl-t whenever youeither direction.

If you survive all thai, youenler my favourite pan of the

game — the trench. Duckingand weaving lo avoid Ihe Death

Star's defences is really

gripping, even on ihe lowest

skill level, and the moving per-

spective graphics are excellent.

with none of ihe fl

afflicts similar gamesMy only real criiic

the keyboard conlr

ven friendly. For a'Down' bullon (Ql is actually

Up' button (A).

llliJl i- . like

that don't support

user-defined controls, the keys

chosen assume thai the player i:

righ l-handed, which I'm not

and so 1 found it very hard it

Price: £7.95

Publisher: System 3

£EHE!EHP

HOMI; COUI'iniNl. WlfliKLY 16 April

The Dukes of Hanard

hid)Ihis game,

[he price. Some young friends

ing Ihe insert picture and lille

ccanei in play il ... but were

m bored. One reason is [har

[here's no chance of changing

Ihe level of difficully.

The Dukes owe Boss HoggS5.000 and have to repay n in 72

hours, so Bo and Like enter [he

Annual Hazzard Cross Country

lunalely Boss Hog and ihe

em ire Hazzard Conmy Police

Force are oul to slop them.

Starling from the Duke boys'

house you have to drive the

General Lee along the country

road to the start of the race.

Roscoe P. Coltrane is behind

you in his car, aided by the

Hazzard Air Wing in the shape

of Jethro in the Helicopter.

Jake in a veteran monoplane

and Cletus in a balloon. Boss

Hogg is in a station wagon andDaisv is around somewhere.

The limited graphics are very

well-drawn, the sound is simple

but effective and machine code

ensures a smooth movement of

the vehicles and scrolling. The

plus, which rather suggests thai'

at children, and that

there may perhaps be an educa-

tional element to it. There isn't

Hypercircuit is an arcade

ame which involves chasing an

i around a

printed circuit-sha.

which is supposed to i

microprocessor, shi

many as possible,

difficult; the mazt'

dead ends, and ii

challenge tc

and bonus.

road, grass,

clouds in [he sky.

You can iko» ilv^aiu:

Roscoe or missiles from ahov,

Then the General Lee rolls ovi

and is taken away by a to'

Price: £6.95

Publisher: Elite Systems Ltd.

Address 55 Bradford Street, Walsall

sasEEisp

The game is protected bycolour code system, the pattern

for which is printed on the back

ol [he cassette inlay, rather than

on a separate card, which 1

thought was a good idea as it''

less likely to gel lost that way,

There is an optional

'

sequence ai the start, [hen

ec slraiidll ituo the sluiot-

uppan. If you're lucky, [Ii

program crashed before I

got that far, and I t

actually succeeded in

plclni'.' :i --ame before the si

went blank.

The graphics and sount

pretty good, and i think I would

probably have liked Hyper-circuit if it hadn't crashed sc

often, but as ii was 1 gol morefrustration than pleasure front

it. M.N.

Aqua Racer

Well, it didn't take much imagi-

game scenario. It's simply a

Pole Position-type race against

Ihe clock using power boats in-

stead of racing cars. Somehow' I

There arc 20 i

attempt but the vai

somewhat limited. 1 got bored

before I'd explored more [ha

[hh-d of them. The trial r

down Ihe courses are available

have the course to yourself. 1

found this the best bit of ihe

game because in

mode" ilicrc are

dandling along the narrow path

n getting in your nOne louch and you si

fully beneath the water, nuworry, it's not fatal, just a ii

penally. You surface a

plough on.Personally, I spent too mi

of my lime wailing for my b<

to reappear. Mind you, the

"demo mode" fared far worst

In fact for a demo, il was

joke. The compute"controlled" boat seemedinicnl on smashing i

backside of every other boal

i hat appeared.Whal is favour

The graphics

loads, there is a 1-4-player

option .... but at £6.99 it

doesn't rate particularly goodvalue for money. Most of ihe

changing io releasing fewe

better games. By the look of

Ihis, Bubble Bus hasn'l adopted

thai polic>

HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY H

One :

the t ; fasc: Kingtypes of game playedcomputers must be aircrau

simulator can give you manyhours of really involved playing.

Super Huey is a helicopter

simulator and in my opinion is

better than many other

flight simulatoi

Then four progra

n 1

1

li_- cnckpit. exactly ;i

:o help

on eg. giving

maps & grids, finding co-

ordinates and arming yourweapons. All the computerreadings are shown in adequatedetail and are very realistic.

The graphics arc absolutely

amazing — they have to be seen

o be believed. The speed and.ction is very fail, objects onhe ground are solid andontain quite a lot of detail (as

you find out if you fly near

something).

There are excellent soundeffects which match all the

actions of the helicopter, youwill even hear a mighty ex-

plosion if you should crash land

and blow up.

Although the price may -cent

high at first compared with

other garnet., this represents

tremely good value for

money. It is a well written

prograt and is extremely .

Address: Unit 10, ParkwayIndustrial Centre, Hcneagc St,

Birmingham. B7 4LY

Castle of JasoomThis disc game is a companionto Dungeons of Ba, from the

same supplier, and stars the

same character, Norman the

Warrior, with a different set ofchambers to explore and puzzles

to solve. The resemblancebetween the games is very

striking; there isn't much lo

choose between them, but I

think this is marginally the

There are supposed to be 36different screens for Norman to

explore in his quest to find the

Jasoom ian diamond, bul I only

managed to reach about a third

of those before running out ofstrength. Each screen has anumber of hidden rooms for

you to discover by carefully

probing the walls. The objects

to be picked up arc not visible

until you walk over them, so it

is important to explore eachroom thoroughly when you first

play, but as their locations donot change, if you draw a map— not an easy task, as the

layout is quite complicated —you can skip the boring bits in

subsequent games.The giants, spiders and as-

sorted other baddies are the

biggest problem. You have to

use the function keys to switchbetween shield, arrow, fight

and lake modes, and if youtangle with a monster in the

wrong mode — all too easy to

do — your strength evaporateswith alarming speed. Duckingoff the edge of a screen andback again is a good techniquefor getting rid of troublesome

If yi enjoy graphic adve

Price: f 12.95 disc

Publisher: Quicxsil

Pinball WizardThis simulation of a pinball

machine embraces many of the

traditional features found onthe real thing.

Strangely the game area has

been squared up, no doubt to

fit the shape of the screen. Morerealism could have been pro-

vided by running the gamehorizontally.

Consequently the ball cantake very few routes and the

whole game seems to run slower

than the pinball machines 1

used. Even in the fastest offive it still .«

e graphic repre-

alliedremarkably smooth movementof the ball, makes the game very

playable and the bonus feature

presents quite a challenge.

If you are at all fastidious

about wanting real value for

money then pass this one by. Atalmost SO per cent more — £3— than the same program onthe Spectrum it is a rip-off.

You would be forgiven for

expecting a far better version.

After all the Amstrad has manyunique commands which are

ideally suited to this particular

program.

channels all adding their

cacophony lo the excitement...

none of it. Imagine all those

pens with variably flashing inks

dazzling you with an ever-

changing screen display... noneof it. What about the windowsand the interrupts and. ..oh

Yes. you've guessed it. just

another translation, not anAmstrad program at all.

Why arc so many softwarehouses prepared to ignore thesewonderful facilities and still

structure their prices as thougha program bespoxed to access

Locomotive BASIC had beenpainstakingly produced? D.H.

Price: £8.95

Answer Back — Sporf

I must confess I didn't like the

idea of a quiz on the computer.Most of them a

imaginative and allow little

interaction. The limited natui

of any databank of quest ior

is usually another drawback.This, I'm pleased to say, donot apply to Answer Back.

Firstly, I was amazed at tl

size of the databank; 26 lots of

30 questions. Some of the

subjects included were ClubFootball, Meccas of Sport,

Cricket and 1983. Just aboutevery sporting fancy is takencare of if you include the c;

all. Pot Luck — which has

nothing to do with snooker!Once a quiz has been loaded

you have the option to choose a

multiple choice or yes/noformat or a combination ofboth. You can also choose to betimed and you can choose nhave the questions in sequenceor at random.There is a graphic

sequence at the end of each

football, where you play the

imply h I back.

of the family.

For me the winning featur

was the program's ability ti

given format. You aren't

this gives the program great

potential in providing a selec-

approach.It's an extremely user friendly

program and even provides averify procedure thus elimin-

ating the risk of spending ti

creating, saving and then dis-

covering some fault with the

If you like quiz games this

Price: £9.95

Publisher: Kosm.

1 12 HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY.

Sprite MachineThis Norwegian package is

intended lo provide a versatile

system for the creation andanipulation or sprite;.

The program Turbo LOADs

editing screen. The majority of

the screen is taken up by a giant

editing area. The remainder

gives the colours in use and a,!*e size represenration of the

pressing M the system toggles

into multicolour mode. Thelogic of the software takes care

of the handling of colours in

this mode and makes life quite

A wide range of commandsate provided covering the

scrolling, flipping and reversing

of the design. By use of one keycommands you can step through

the sprite designs and copy

designs. The package claims to

iiipport up to 336 designs,

ivhich should be enough for

anyone. Once you've completed

your designs, they can be saved

as a data block, or converted lo

DMA .liiiements.

To simplify the creation of

animated sequences, you can

step through a specified

sequence of designs at the speed

of your choice. If you want to

create complex multicoloured

designs or use fancy graphical

tricks, there is an overlay mode.

This allows you to superimpose

all eight sprites on the same

Overall this is a well designed

package which simplifies a

tedious job well. A character

design would have been a useful

addition but the package does

stand well as it is.

Publisher: Anirog

Address: Unit 10, Victor

Industrial bstate, Victoria RDan ford, Kent

Tracer Sanction

Your task in this adventure is to

track down an interplanetary

criminal called Wing. To do this

you must travel the galaxy

scare Minis for clues.

ivitli IV to! Aproducts, this disc based adven-

ture is slick and well produced.

The game is illustrated by use of

multicolour piclures and teat.

The bottom four lines of the

and the text scrolls up behind

the picture. By using RETURNyou can look at the last 25 lines

of text. The graphics andbeaulifully designed and use

both colour and shading lo

good effect. Whilst the pictures

are rapidly up loaded from the

disc, they appear to be drawn

rather than presented as a block

of dala — very neat. Unlike

some other disc based games,

the time spent accessing the disc

je command parser is com-...... accepting a huge variety ofcommand syntax and multi scn-

The function

keys andusedtc s. You e

in help from a passing

Condor although it's th.ii

": ground. A superb tou

s package is the provisii

detailed tutor for the

They arc prohahlN

the b s l'vi

Forth

+

The Abersoft implementation

of Forth has been around for

for the Spectrum.

surprising that this

.. ._. .he 64 has appeared.

The package is distributed oncassette, but disc users need not

worry since full details arc given

on how to transfer it to dii

The package is an implct

tation of Fig-Forthextensions for sound, sprites

and graphics. Unlike normal

Forth, however, RAM is used

to store screens rather than

virtual memory on disc or cass-

ette. Whilst this is becomingmore common with larger mem-ory machines, other systems

such as MMS Forth provide

direct flushing to disc or

The additional words, par-

ticularly those for sprites and

sound, are extensive. T u -

graphics words are limited

simple high- resolution plotting

and user defined characters.

style.

e.The

, . :t of this

that you gain clues by

travelling to various planets.

Your choice of roule, however,

is up to you. The main problem

is to acquire money to buy fuel.

You are offered 80 locations

and the game is reasonable

complex and testing. The price

is a little high, but on the whole

it's great fun.

For ll

reverse i'oli-

package is accompanied by _

small instruction booklet which

whilst appearing to be com-prehensive, tends to be taihet

superficial and occasionally

obsecure. The section relating' assembler is particularly

The booklet indicates

isn't intended as a tulor

:w users of Forth, bul

„., details and examples

wouldn't have gone amiss.

Notwithstanding the weakdocumentation, this is a power-

implemen-

Je> Set Willy: TheFinal Barrier

It's the Spectrum hit featuring

Miner Willy on his weary travels

around the mansion, collet-ting

discarded party junk so that

Maria, his disapproving house-

keeper, will allow him into his

four-poster for some shut-eye!

On theAmstrad, this loads in

22 blocks and seems to take an

age. How about a built in save-

houses? And the software pro-

tection card will no doubt foil

the tape-to-tapers. Once the

The Moonlight Sonatt

glorious stereo, which soundseven better when amplified.

Really great, as is the bouncytwo-part tune which ac

ies the action.

The screen is a faithful

reproduction of the Spectru:

version, at least in style. Small

mono-coloured sprites smoothlywalk, bounce, spin, twist anr

cavort about. Flying pigs

vacuum cleaners, cooks, ducksyou name it! Strangely, the

chosen colours seem dull rcomparison, though the bomis a number of new rooms, ju:

as tricky as the original, and If.

option to change colours t

" theuitcd

greenhough tful.

There's no doubt this is

classic: challenging, addiclh

and fun. But given that this is

eated machine, a fact act

hedged by the superb

;, couldn't the graphics

been better too? Blagger,

for example, has multi-coloured

interesting

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Caveman Coperslie main virtue of I his game Is

s simplicity. You move alongthe scrolling screen, occasion-

ally accelerating and jumping:r the obstacles.

The cit-like ci

ns and... but that's as far as

I could get. Your progress is

recorded section by section on abone up above and includes a

The graphics are good and

humorous touch. If youttumble or get hit then you:ome crashing over the animalbeing stood on by the caveman.Wash a turtle — at that speed!— or a sheep? Some smart alec

expert who had been doing adinosaur project at schoolsuggested it was an ankylo-

should try to avoid. It does havea friendlier mate, however, whoclears a section of the screen

informs you when you'vefinished.

""s quite good fun for a while

and my kids loved it but not agame lo play for too long. Nicemusical accompaniment whichfortunately you can switch off.

"fy biggest complaint is against

10 price, however, which stein*

igh for a particularly ordinarygame format in spite of the

pretty pictures. M.P.

ce: £7.95

The Illustrator

Gilsoffs utility. The Quill, I

i. Thethe

program being very easy to use.

Now. Gilsoft has released

The Illustrator, a supplemenl-ary program which allows youto include the one thing TheQuill lacks — graphics — in

your adventure. The twoprograms work well together.

First, the text illustrator is

developed as usual with TheQuill. Then. The Illustrator is

loaded. Il loads in the first fewbytes of the saved text, andworks out how many blankgraphic locations need lo be sei

The program is again mainlymenu driven and very user

friendly. It comes completewith a comprehensive manualwhich gives a step-by-slepmlro-duction and detailed description

for later reference. The manualuses [he text adventure enclosedwith The Quill as an example to

show the user what to do. Five

of the locations are ready

instantly, and other shapesmore slowly, but efficiently.

Areas can also be shaded in oneof 255 pal terns.

If you wain to use a certain

graphic more than once, for

example a tree, there is a Sub-routine command. This allows

you to draw a standard picture,

then place it in any location, as

often as you want, in one of 12

scales. Although this can makeail the pictures look similar, if

used properly it can be anextremely helpful function.

The graphics arc stored In

long strings, which are savedand interpreted by your Quilledadventures. Obviously addinggraphics reduces the memory

! for (

thei make the

Selecting Graphics from the

with a blank screen and iwocursors at the bottom. To draw,you move one cursor in any ofeight directions, then press Lfor line, which links the twocursors. Both cursors can bebrought to a totally unlinkedarea of the screen with the

MOVE or PLOT commands.You have full control over

jstd. Ihe Illustrator should

The pictures themselves can

trifle slow to build up. Theexamples given are very good.

people may not like the fact that

they lake up the whole screen,

then disappear once a commandis typed in. rather thanremaining constantly on screen

as in The Hobbit.It should be fairly easy for

anyone lo draw using TheIllustrator.

There is only one real draw-back to this otherwise excellent

piece — the price. At £15, it is

very costly considering it is anadditional program. For a new

MindittadowNot being content wuh

field. This discbased programoffers bolh graphics and t

and follows the current ttei

simple You find yourself o ..

deserted island. Worse still, youhave a dose of amnesia. Yourtask is to find out who yoi

and who dumped you in

predicament

,

The lormat is fairly standardwith each location illustrated in

multicolour mode. The bottomfew lines give the current text,

but the return button toggles

the graphics so you can checkthe last 25 lines of text.

The parser is quite cot

petent. accepting multipcommands. You can use it

refer to the last item named ai

j wide range of commands aavailable. An additional cor

mand is THINK which maynudge some ideas from yourmemory. If you get stuck, you

Iriendly condor but it hasn't

helped me much so far. Thefunction keys can beto enter the commocommands.The high spol of this gar

the superb graphics, in fact thebest I've seen. These appearbe of Koala pad quality t

drawn rather than bioloaded. The creator of thesepictures has clear art

abilities and has done a [

Overall a tough and cntei

taining game which, unforlur

ately, is perhaps a little ovc

o buy a complete Price: £19.95

although this might beblc considering you

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iTake fhe plunge!

Colin Wltton-Davtes

shows you how to

draw pictures using

your Spectrum in

the fifth of our

regular series

Those of you who possess thai

valuable collect or's ilem-io-be,

[he previous four parts of this

series, will be eagerly awaiting

out plunge into Spectrumgraphics this week. The water

should have had a litHe of its

thill taken off by our earlier

look at how to use the INK and

PAPER statements to control

the colours Used in PRINT

the ";

determines the distance from

the bottom of the screen. So if

you switch on your Spectrum

and enter the command'PLOT 0,0" without any

quotes, a dot will appear at the

lAircini' bottom left.

Thai shouldn't surprise you.

The upper limits for X and Ycan be found the dull way by

looking them up in the manual,

or with a lest program:

very

pictures on the Spectrum's

display. Set INK and PAPERbefore a CLS statement, and

the whole of the screen will

change; set them after, and the

changes will be local. Don'forget that, if you want t

SAVE your work on cassette. ..

makes life easier if you have

these lines al the end of your

program:

lould be — this is

:o -ordinate. The

I find it worthwhile to SAVEthese by themselves and LOADthem before starting a newprogram rather than type them

out afresh each time. Every few

s of p

8 GO

"progl"thing I

repeating myself, but you'll

thank me one day.

It would be nice to start a

graphics session with the

DRAW command, but we

really have to make sure first

that you stayed awake in school

while your maths teacher was

telling you about Descartes and

the Cartesian co-ordinates

which were named after him. In

order to draw something onpaper, you have to decide where

lo put you t pen (quiet al the

back), and so (-"Spectrum, Or ralhcr,

tell the SpecuThis ir

J -

for you. Now RUN the

program, and you'll see a line

slatting at the bottom left ol the

and creeping to the right,

reaches the right

i get

the "error message":

B Integer out of range, t

a number too big to PLOT; thi

must be X, because Y is zero

To find the current value of Xyou can either enter GO TO 70

or PRINT x: either way, ye

But remember —

value of X you c:; the largest

in use is 255.

extend your

program to find the largest

value of Y you can use. Get

your pen and paper, and the

first reader lo write in with the

correct answer will have wasted

a 17p stamp. The answer is 175.

Now PLOT isn't the best wayif drawing line, particularly if

(ou warn them drawn fairly

quickly. The statement to use is

DRAW, t started with PLOT

the Spectrum needs to knowwhere to Stan and where lo

finish. Gel rid of the last

program by entering all the line

numbers except 9998 and 9999,

and key in ihe following;

Think about lhal last s

mem; if DRAW was like plot,

ihe line would go to ihe bol

right corner of the screen. RUNthe program, and you'll see tha

DRAW in fact uses relative cl

ordinates, not the absolute one

used by PLOT. So the first

number tells Spectrum how far

to draw right, the second howfar to draw up. That's right,

Einslein, you can use negative

HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY 16 April 1985 Page IS

c* thai DRAW starts from

where you last finished; PLOTis used to start from a newposition. Diagonals are just as

easy — use non-zero numbersfor both DRAW co-ordinates:

and RUNning draws a rather

angular boat. A pity for a boatto be too angular; you knowhow sailors like a well-roundedhull, so let's look at how to do[hat. We've been using DRAWquite happily with two co-

il by using a third number:

and you'll see that the Genoa is

nicely filled in the breeze. Playaround a bit with the curve;

remove the minus sign, andyou'll see the line curves in the

opposite direction. Increase the

1 to a 2, and you'll increase thecurvature. You should be able

fit your boat out with aspirina

half-circle by using pi (thekeyword on the M key), which

dull old degreesd. If you try i

be too clever by using biggnumbers like 6, the line will

g

offscreen and the Spectrum w

sorry, I mean give an errt

message.Now nobody likes Milling •

much on a dull day, so let

sun (of sons) v.

'd look b if it

solid yellow, wouldn't it? Un-fortunately, there is no PAINTor FILL command in SpectrumBASIC, but for circles there is

Don't sunbathe I

DUCKWORTHHOME COMPUTING

HOMECOMMJTIP

BHCTE.

Peter Sweaseymakes a Watty of

himself in

Mikro-Gen's sequel

to Pyjamarama,and he scares

himself silly

with Transylvantan

terrors

ic take yon u world

v.lik-h is mvsicrinus and

;„flcn mWal. wiili Ven-

i„,.o. HCW's regular column

dealing with adventures and

ures (arcade adventures

- leaders). This week I

„. _ making a right v\ ally of

myself in Mi kro-Gen's follow-

up to Pyjamaiama. almost

giving myself a cardiac arrest

with two Tran&ylvanian tenors.

and seaichiog in time or at

fot a time machine. Plus

i-ui regular helpline, and the

lasl part of the map fot

Technician Ted.

i charlie

-eryone's a Wally".

sings Are You Being Served?

comedian Mike Berry on side

one of the game of the same

name. This crossing over of

media wil! not. I feel, further

ihe Held of

i bad i

£veryonesa

Objects musi again be used

fo: the tasks, and there are

p:enty of them, ranging from

i hi- obvious (an empty bucket)

to the ridiculous {chewing

gum). Since you can only

control one character at a lime,

the others wander around and

will often take the object you

need most. The game has three

different "intervals" ro

measure your progress:

,::n-rnoon i

, lunch break andbreak. All Uut

i Gen's earhe: computer

i. Bui I suppose it's a

i of musical lisle. Now 10

the game...

Wally Week was the star of

pre viimsl v the best ""

e.er released, I'yj

Everyone's A Wally ..,.,.,

features him, along with friends

Tom, Dick and Harry, plus wife

Wilma and baby son Herbert.

With the exception of the latter,

all of these can be con I rolled by

the player, in Lords of.

'.;.: .

The game is set in an average

town, complete with butchers,

bakers, school and post office,

'".ach of the gang has a specific

isktodo; for example. Dick is

piumber, and must mend Ihe

iwn fountain. Vou also hi

5 discover the combination

le bank safe, so that the gang

an be payed, and survive by

ating and drinking.

est features Irom

ma are still here; the

n presentalion, sound

_ in the

decathlon). Graphics i

might find it too difficult,

although keep reading Ventures

for hints!

Packaging has never been a

strong point with Mikro-Gen —this time the box is flimsy and

how a game of ihis standard can

have such pathetic cover art-

work 1 do not know. The price

would have preferred a normal

size bo* and no record at a

cheaper price Finally, a SAVEfunction should have been

included, if only at ihe tea

In general, however, this is an

improvement on Pyjamarama,

and the best arcvenuire you can

buy. As a sequel il is better than

S (or Knight Lore""

call it). If y a 48KSpectrum, C64 or Amstrad, this

mng, „ -

Spectrum. The characters are

well and individually imnuaivil.

there is a good level of inter-

action and control is simple.

Colour is masterfully used,

although Spectrum owners have

to put up with some attribute

clashes. The game has a

cartoon-like quality. Thelocations are varied and provide

scope. The arcade skills are

more dependent on avoiding

this time, rather than jumping,

bul as with the previous game,

arcade and adventure has been

mixed perfectly.

There are a few minor flaws.

Wilma is the only female and

represents sexist stereotyping...

guess what, she does the shop-

ping. [

Ventures raiiiie:

Now a look at ....

.

designed to send chills downyour spine. Games with spooky

scenarios have been attempting

uj scare people almost

games market slarted.

lure International markets TheCount, Voodoo Castle and

Ghost Town, but recently two

Castle of Terror from the well-

respected Melbourne House,

and Castle Dracula from the

dreaded Duckworth (how do

ihey manage to think of such

original titles?).

Thesethe

I talented gamesters and musl t

HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY If

for both. You start in

village of enslaved villagers,- --'—!bly gloomy forest,

lo kill !he Coum. Of course,

being a creepy tower, various

nasty creatures will try to kill

you: zombies, skeletons, were-wolves and the like.

So which game should the

C64 owner with a lust for bloodbuy? The Melbourne Housegame is, as to be expected, very

polished. Slick, attractive

graphics appear at everylocation, making full use ofcolour and high resolution. In

the background atmosphericaway, which is

fine at first. I tends

The village is convincingly

portrayed; there is a good level

of character interact™ allow -

ing you to talk to the villagers,

arid lull sentence construction is

Vocabulary. full I Of '

available by typing VOCAB.Unfortunately, some of theother commands listed in [he

problems are original, but (he

game is well implemented.The Duckworth program is

ECKl only. This is not necessarily

a bad thing — but here the tewis dull and lifeless. Unlike Ihe

Melbourne House game, des-

criptions are woefully short andunimaginative. There is no full

sentence input, or characterinteraction, but there is a maze.Vocabulary is poor; frequently

recognise nouns used in the

test. Response times, thank-fully, are fast, and there is asense of humour buried some-where in the game. Theproblems are mostly cliches,

although 1 was entertained

trying to open a suit of armourwith a tin opener! In general,

however, this Is like most Duck-worth releases; incrediblyaverage.

To sum up, neither of these

programs is stunning. Of the

two, Castle of Terror is muchbetter — it is slightly easy for

some though, and at £9.95 over-

priced, thus a Ventures rating

of ••- The Duckworth game is

£2 cheaper, but also totally

boring, so a Ventures rating of

through the ages,

The time theme has been better

explored in Level 9's Lords OfTime and even Eureka! This is

basically Ihe same program as

Castle Dracttla with different

words, so the same comments

Gaffney's letter in HCW [00.

about Ihe Scott Adams game.Return To Pirates Isle. He says,

quite correclly, that the Keep

adventure two (Pirates Isle)

starts. You don't need to havePirates Isle to play the sequel.

He also says; "One hint for

people playing this adventurefor the first time don 'l wake the

pirate until you can see thi

on the hill summit, andmake the glue until you haraincoat. If you keepdrov „then hold something, althoughit won't appear on the inventory

the a« find

Hatpllnt

Mark McGurn of Cheshire ha:

written concerning Kathleer

clock, get the fanblade to the sea bed or reach the

Isle in the distance? 1 hope It

review rhc game soon.Thanks for your letter, Mark

who also criticises my clues fo:

being u bit direct. That shall bi

rectified at once.

Spidcrfans who still need helpwith spinning a web; the pent-house picture needs careful

examination. Read the wordsclosely, then remove what y<need lo. Once you have maithe web, jump from MysterioTechnician Ted is rightly

doing well in the charts. I'mglad to see. Here's the final panof our map. If you put il

together, the four pans shovthe rooms you can reach at

stan of the game. If you find

any more, further left than this,

write and tell me. The fourthtask for anyone struggling is

the fuming cupboard.Finally. I return

Everyone's A Wally. By t

time you read [his, most peopleshould have reached morningtea break. Fortunately 1 reachedthis point within a couple ofdays, with a little help from act

arc venturer Graeme StewartThe first job is a plumb task

Vou need to plunge straight intr

il, and entering ihe

the bucket. Use youi

it like a garden. Now an electric

atmosphere; to slop lighlr'

urikes, blast them away c

you hear a tune. Smooperator...

Back next lime with hints,

hits and mere mediocrities.

Happy v(

Send your problems, hints andr adventure and arc-

. games lo Ventures.

Home Computing Weekly. No.I Golden Square, London W1R3AB

HOMECOrvlPUTINI

Brian Jonescontinues his

easy-to- follow

guide to

Commodore BASIC

U<CO

u

H getonwiih I RUN il antl whal happen!

the problems 1 set in Thai's how Ihe computer lei

--' —ticle7 Here you it's wailing tar Mimi/iSiim

is. In this case it wants a value. S

1 recommend that you use

variable names which relate to

their usage, such as UP for unit

and TP for total price.

Tor your own reference. Thecomputer checks that names

start with a letter, that no

characters other than letters or

numbers are used and thai the

name doesn't clash wilh one of

its own reserved words, like

LET or PRINT. You can't use

a variable called LETTER or

OUTLET for example. Apart

from that it only registers the

lirst two characters, so it would

take TP1 and TPI as the same

ne. For this reason and to

down on the typing, keep

names very short.

Jow let's look again at the

punctuation in the PRINTstatements. The semicolon

allows nn.-s-.aijc and value to run

ne after the other. Wheniriablc followed Ihe semi-

colon, Ihe computer put two

spaces before it started the

digits. One space is permanent

and the other is reserved for a'

s sign, if needed. It also

one space after the last

digit.

Now it's lime to come clean.

There's something about all ihe

programs so far which is

contrary to what computer

programs are all about! As ihe

programs stand, they only work

for one situation. To change the

values they work on, you'd

have lo change the program.

OK, that's not difficult;

able

I, 5, 42 or 999— whatevi

like. When you press tli

underneath.INPUT has Hie same effect l

LET — a table of

names is beguncomputer's memory with the

name L and the value 5, or

whatever you choose. Later,

when on lines 20 and 30 tht

name L is used, the computet

can look up Ihe value which L

INPUT has a similarly lo

PRINT in that it can display

messages.

10 INPUT "HOW MANYLITRES TO CONVERT TOPINTS";L

Notice the punctuation.

Quotes around Ihe message,

lhen a semicolon before the

variable name. Don'l put a

space before the semicolon, it

would cause a syntax ERROR.By the way, thi

T1]US with.

new value. But fundamentally

that's not how programs are

written. In the first of this series

1 showed you how a BASICprogram can slop and await

daia or insi rue lions. To achieve

this we use an instruction called

INPUT. Take program 1 above

and replace line 10 with a new

toiry, the computer v

Here's another exampli

!. Don"

Don't worry if your value

spills from one line to the next.

The computer only lakes i

comma or Return as the end of

a value. But do beware whenyou try your own messages:

the message is longer than o

line all excepi ihe most recc

Commodore 64s and all

VIC-20s have a bug which

makes Ihe computer think the

message is part of your valu'

And if you give it any wonwhen it's expecting numbersdisplays "REDO FROMSTART". So don't expeel il

accept 8STONLS, 3 I US.

Now 1 promised lasi Mine tl

Arui Lilihouuh I didn't do so

at the start, as well as PRINT -

ing a variable, you can PRINTthe answer lo a calculation.

Here's another:

I'd tell you the purpose of those

strange characters Ihe cursor

keys give once you've typed a"

They enable you lo move I...

cursor or clear the screen during

Jusl as you can PRINT more

than one thing per PRINT, you

can INPUT more than one

thing. You will find thai you

HOMECOMPUTiNCi WELKI-Y !(i \pril 1985 Page 19

The. the

symbol generated by attemptingto clear the screen with the

CLR/HOME key whilst in

quotes. Unfortunately, on the

printer these characters look

slightly different from on the

screen. RUN that and see the

effect, before adding:

Whm's in,.

LIST 40 U

the second ".

Notice that now you c.

it. Enter

<r back up

RUN this and note the effect

of the cursor down character at

the start of the message on line

between the two quotes and [he

cursor still moves properly. Wewill now open up a space with

:hc INST/DHL key. Hold the

H#>UT-»JL1MBER

RUN it and sec the result,

think spacing the lines makethem much more readable. Thi

feature is sometimes known a

the "programmed cursor"

Suppose most, but not af

shift key down and tap the

INST/DEL key eight limes.

This also turns on programmedcursor mode for those eight

blocks with a white line down[hem. Beware a* you do this,

because unlike the programmedcursor caused by ". even Delete

causes a strange character

during this operation. Now

Find an empty line and enter

RUN. See how a 24 appears

under the cursor after the ?

from line 40. If you press the

Return key. the program takes

the 24 as your response If youovertype another value, that's

fine. Whatever is there whenReturn is pressed is the value

supplied ai the tate of 50 gramper squate metre. Write i

program to calculate [he weightneeded for a tectangular la

hav.ng INPUT the length

breadth.

2. Change the above progso (hat the amplication rai

also INPUT, but the defvalue of SO is placed under the

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Eric Doyle peeredinto the workings

of the newSeiko RC- 1000

wrist terminal

ms that the current hull

word in computei circles i

'portability". As the sue o

machines reduces, the capabili

of ihe once humble wnsi

Measuring only 41.8 x 10.6

mm and weighing only 60

grams, this little giant carries 9KROM and 2K RAM with an

LCD display of two tows, each

having 12 characters. Eachcharacter consist!

readable display.

The watch, or dalagraph,

normally shows a 12 hour time

display with the day and data

but a daily alarm may'

the push of a few oi .

buttons which are positioned

below Ihe LCD window.

So far nothing new ot

ling. However this waicli

programmed

i pleasant

,

., which

way

S BASIC to allow

: of interest to the u

O.ibk-

ncluded in the standard

listing of 158cili>

By far the

function of the

memo facility. Memos may be

subdivided under any self-

selected category such as

PHONE NUMBERS oi

CHECK LIST and, depending

on available memory space, any

number of items may be listed

under the relev

Now for the catches. Theprice of this package is expected

io be around £1 19 and, despite

Ihe claim of user-friendly sofi-

ware, 1 found the program

Price: around £119

Marketed by: Hatiori

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beyond the usual chronometer.

The RC-1000 is supplied wiih

isc ot cassette-based software

nd a lead which permits it lo be

nked and programmed by a

.nothcr computer. The one !

tested was connected directly to

my Commo-dore 64 but

popul m p ii le-

ttable, though some require

RS232C interfacing. Thesoftware permits the owner to

enter four tvpes of data: weekly

alarm, schedule alarm, world

time and memo. The functions

arc siorcd into SO, 24-characier

entries and just how these 80

lines are divided among the four

data categories is decided by the

12-characier

purpose,OFFICE o

„..h as RINGFREDS BRTHDY.

The lower line is reserved for

ihe alarm data which for weekly

alarms consists of day and lime,

the alarm going off each weekaccording lo this data. Theschedule alarm is a once-daily

alarm, being set for a fixed time

and data tanging from today

miiil r:x year 2020.

find it a pleasant

to perform.Given improved software,

ihis is a watch with a future but

al presenl my view parodies a

quote from Sam Johnson(1709-1984): this watch is like a

dog walking on its hind legs. It

is not done well, but you are

surprised lo

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through the rooms.

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IDVOU ARE LOST IN THE WORLD OF ERODOMMOC70 PRINT"YOU ARE IN THE HCU OFFICES REAGING ABOUT90 PRINT"THE MISSION YOU WERE TOLD TO DO. IT READS90 PRINT" 1 TD ESCAPE FROM ERODOMMOC YOU MUST FIND'00 PRINT'THE HOLY MAGNETIC TAPE AND SLOT IN INTO

NT-THE MAINFRAME. '

"

NT"Y0U LOOK ARGUND THE RCOM IS STRANGE ANDNT-HEIRQ PEOPLE BRUNT FIERCLY.YOU DECIDE"NT" TO MOVE. YOU CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND HOPENT"MM PRESS ANY KEY TO BEGIN.

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17P X=8!M*=180 PRINT'S190 PRINT"!see

ARE IN ">L*OOiMB/IS1BLE EXITS AREM<>0THENPRINT ,,yNORTH"< >0THENPR I NT "MSOUTH< >BTHENPR INT"!Ei=IST" ,

< >0THENPRINT"1WEST"

,

PRINT"«Ji'OU CAN SEE!

!M#-" " !Q=0'CS = l

:"MAG TAPE"THENGOSUB7000^335

3603703S0 :

390

450 :

'"THENGOSUS153.J

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l

240 PRIN245 FORI246 NEXT350 INPUT-MUHAT SHALL I DO "ffi*

2S0 FORI = lTOLENCAS>'X*=MID*';fl*, 1,15

270 IFX*=" "THENGOTO230£80 M*=M* + 5<*!NEXT

290 FORI=1TO20= 1FM*=C*< I )THENGOTO305

300 NEKT:PRINT"MI DON'T UNDERSTAND " : MS! FOR I = 1TD 100(

305 IFM$= -HELP "ORMS= "QU IT"ORM*= "SWIM'ORM*- "RUN"ORM*='

JUMP "THENGOTO100310 FORI = lTOLEN(ft*>!X*=MID*(A*,l,l V IFXS=" "THENQ=1

320 !

330 NEKT*6"LEN<V*j'<V*»RII3HT»tVFX-4THENGOSUB2000FCX = lTHENGOTtf350FX -9THENGOSUES500FX= 14THENGOSUB3000FX=15THENGOSUB3500FMS="G0"ANDX=3ANDV*="EAS1FM*= GO'THENGOSUB 1000FM*-"GET"THENGOSUS4000FMS= DROP"THEMGOSUB4080FM*=' INV"THENGOSUB5030FMS= -HELP "THENGOSUB5060FM*="RUN"THENGDSUB5I 10

FM*- -QUIT" THENGOTO6000FM*="SWIM'THENGOSUB5120FM*="WAIT"THENPRINT"«TIME PASSES "I FOR 1 = 1TO20001NEXT

FM*= "K ILL "THENG0SUB5 170

FMS- " JUMP THENGOSUB5220FMS="EfiT"THENGOSUB5280FM** OPEN"THENGOSUB5320FM*- -UNLOCK "THENGOSUB5370

550 PRINT"JIBMCOMMAND EXECUTEDB"530 FORI=1TO400!NEXT!3OTO1S0500 PRINT"«THE DOOR THAT WAY IS LOCKED !

"

S!0 FCRI=1TO1000!HEXT1GOTO1S0S50 PRINT"Bt CANT CARRY THAT" ! FORI = 1TO1000 =NEXTt GOTO 130

39S ENDFV*= "NORTH -AND«-7ANDN<X)<0THENGDTOG00FV*= -EAST"AN0X=2ANDE <X ) <0THENGOTO600FVS»"SOUTH"ANDS<«)>0THENX=S<XJ:GOTO1060FV*="NDRTH"AM3N<X)>0THENX-N<X>! GOTO 1060

FVS= "EAST nANDE (X > >0THENX=£ (X > ' GOTO 1060

FV*= -UEST"flNDW(X ) >0THENX=WO< ) ! GOTO 1060

!FV*-"EftST"flNDK-3THENPRiNT"DDORS ON THE ROOF . " IFOR I = 1TO 1 000 : NEX"

050 PRirfT-ail CANT GO THAT WAY. " IFOR 1 = 1TO 1000 INEXTIGOTO 180

0G0 RETURN500 rORI=lT05: IFOS< I > = "POGD STICK "THENGOTO 15S0

513 NEKT<PR1NT"«BY0U CANT REACH THE DOOR TRY JUMPING."

515 FORI=lTOie00:NE«T!GOTO180520 RETURN

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S050 FORI-5060 K-INT5070 IFK-]50S0 IFK=£5090 IFK-3'5095 IFK = 4

SOP EIG PINK SPIDER BITES YOUR HEAD."BUT LUCKILY YDU SURVIVED. THE SPIDER"LAUGHS AND DIES.":CX=1TO 1 000 NEXT. RETURN

BIG MOUSE COMES OUT OF ITS HOLE!"T05! IFG*< I >="CHEESE"THENGOTO2550RSNT'HE BITES OFF YOUR HEAD .

" I GOTGB000THE MOUSE EATS THE CHEESE AND DIES!"THE CHEESE WAS POi SEND. GOOD JOB YOU"DIDNT EAT IT EH7"I0S<IJ= CX=1TO2000 : NEXT I RETURN3THE EDITORS PET DRAGON RUNS AT YOU!"TOSi IF03J< I >-"SWGRD"THENGOTO3CI50

IT EATS YOU AN TURNS AWAY TO DRINK ITS"MILK. THE EDITOR IS SINGING IN THE BATH " I GOTG6000YOU LUNGE YOUR SWORD INTO THE DRAGON."ITS DEAD. THE ED WILL HAVE TO GET ANOTHER"TD30O0 1 r ie;;ti returnSB-rlZERS ZAP TOWARD YOU I

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YOUR HAIR BURNS!

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T05: IFOSCI >="MIRROR"THENGOTO3550 BRAYS SUDDENLY HIT YOU YOU FRIZZLE'

GOTO6000THE RAYS REFLECT UNTIL THEY DIE OUT."TO3000 i NEXT I RETURN

FV*=OBS1X>THENGOTO4030I DONT SEE THAT HERE !

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TO 1030: NEXT: GOTO 180MA INFRAME'GRV*- "NOTHING "ORV*= "BLOOD "THENGOTO650T05: IFOS( I > = " THENO*(

I

) =OB*<X> ! GOTO4070NEXT1PRINT"1N0 ROOM IN BAG ! " :FOR I = 1TO1000 : NEXT:GOTO 1800B*OO = NOTH I NG "! RETURN

T051 IFO*< I )=V*THENGOTO5000RINT'MIM NOT CARRYING IT" !FOR I = ITO 1000 : NEXT! GOTO 11

GLUE"THENPRINT"ITS STUCK I CANT DROP IT":GOTO503O3fi GOBLIN STEALS THE " 1 V*J " AND TAKES-IT TO HIS DEN ITS LOST FOREVER""! FORI = [TO 1000: NEXT! RETURNYOU ARE CARRYING:

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T05 SPRINT "II"! I ,0*<] > I NEXTTO2000! NEXT: RETURNRND<

IKE CHEESE.

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EXPERIMENT WITH OBJECTS-REFLECT THE RAYS ??"DONT EAT GRASS OR THE TT

THENPRINT'THENPRINT"

3THENPRINT'THENPRINT"!

FOR I - 1 TO 1 000 : NEXT! RETURNX-INTCRND< l>«13J+l : RETURNIFX< >6ANDX<>5THENPRINT"1IINTCF

:EE fd WATER 1 FOR I - 1 TO 1 000 : NEXT : GOTO 180<! >*3>

) IFK-1THENPRINT-BTHE WATERS COLD!"I IFK-2THENPRINT-Y0U FREEZE AND DROWN! " 1GOTG60I) IFK=3THENPRINT"A FISH BITES YOUR BUM"I FORI=1TO1000"NEXTIRETURNI PRINT"B1 SEE NOTHING TO KILL!"I Y=INT<RNDC1>*2)*11 IFY=1THENPRINT"Y0U KILL THE FLY ON THE WALL

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5200 IFY=2THENPRINT"Y0U TRY TO KILL YOURSELF!"5210 FDRI=1TO1000!NEXT!RETURN

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w5220 F0RI-1T051 IFO*< I )-"PDGO STICK -THENGOTG52505230 NEXTIPRINT'YOU HAVE NOTHING TO JUMP WITH"5240 FQRI-1TO1000INEXTIGOTO1805250 IFX»3THENPRINT"Y0U JUMP THROUGH THE EASTERN DOOR " i X = 4 i GOTO 1805260 PRINT-YOU JUMP AND HIT YOUR HEAD !

"

5270 FOR I = 1 TO 1000: NEXT I RETURN52B0 F0RI=1T05: IFO*< I

)= "CHEESE "THENGOTO53005290 NEXT!PR!NT-YOU HAVE NO FOOD ! " i FOR I - t TO 1000 ! NEKT! GOTO 180530B PRINT"«YOU EOT THE CHEESE, ITS POISONED!"5310 6OTO60005320 PRINT"1Y0U CAN'T OPEN THAT ! " "FOR I - 1 TO 1000 I NEXT J GOTO1805330 IFXOBANDX07THEMPRINT-THE DOORS ARE ALL OPEN"5310 IFX-2AN0E<2i':0THENPRINT"THE DOOR IS LOCKED ": SOTO53605350 IFX=7ANDN<7)<0THENPRINT"SORRY THE DOORS LOCKED " :GOTO53605355 PRINT'BSTHE DOOR IS OPEN!'5360 FORI»1TOI0001NEXT:GOTO1B05370 IFX<>2ftNDX< >7THENPR!NT"THE DOORS ARE ALL OPEN" :FOR I * 1TO 1000 NEXTiGOTO 1805375 F0RI=1T05! IFO*< I >="BLUE KEY"THEN53B05376 NEXT! GOTO 5 3S55360 IFX-2ANDEC2X0THENPRINT :'B>OU UNLOCK THE DOOR " : E(2 ) =3

53B5 FDRI=1TG5! IFO*< I > = "RED KEY"THEN53805386 NEXTIGOTO54005390 IFX =7ANDN(7)':0THENPRINT"»YGU UNLOCK THE DO0R":N<?>=253S5 FORI=lTOi000!NEXT!RETURN5400 PRINT"BYOU HAVE NO KEY" ! FOR I = 1T0 1000:NEXTi GOTO 1906000 PRINT-BUYOU ARE DEAD YOU FAILEO YOUR MISSION"6050 PRINT"» PRESS ANY KEY TO RE-RUN - :

6060 POKE 198,0: WAIT! 93, H POKE 198,06070 RUN7000 FDRI=lTO5iFORT=!TO15!POf;"532S0,T!NEXTT,I7020 P0K.E53233,P sr^ir-.T-'JCOU HAVE COMPLETED THE ADVENTURE.."7030 PRINT"aYTU CAN GO HOME AIC WAIT FGR MISSION'"040 PRtNT"j»-1ICR0 TO BE WRITTEN. THE FOLLOW UP TO "

7050 FRIMT"H7HIS < IF ITS PUBLISHED! I ! ).."*eS0 G0T06P5C?9?B END10000 DftTA'AN AMUSEMENT ARCADE WITH BROh10010 DATA"A SOFTWARE STORE ROOM CONTAIi10020 DATA-THE TORTURE CHAMBER ." ,0,0 ,2,'

1 DATA'THE HALLWAY TO THE PYRAMID. THE WALLS ARE DAMP. ",0,9,;10050 PATr>"THE VALLY. THERE IS POND WITH FISH IN IT. " ,0 , 10 ,0 ,010060 DATA"A 9EACH HUT AT BLACKPOOL ." ,0 , I 1 ,0,710070 DATA-A MOTEL ON SOME CROSSROADS " , - I , 12,6 ,810060 DATA-THE HCU OFFICES. IT IS COLD AND MYSTER IOUS" ,0 , 13,7 ,1

10090 OATA-THE PYRAMID. THERE ARE RATHER LARGE DROPPINGS ON THE I

1100 OATA-fl HUT BY A ROAD LEADING NORTH AND SOUTH" ,5 , 15 ,0 ,010 PATR-THE ZOMIBIE ROGM.BOLBOLIS EYES STARE AT YOU " ,0,0 ,0 ,0

20 nATA"BRAMMALL LAf-CHOME OF SUFC ." ,7 ,0 , 1 1 ,0

30 PATA'THE COMPUTER ROOM. COMPUTERS LIE ON THE FLOOR. " ,8 ,0,01140 DATA'THE EDITORS HOUSE. IT IS WEIRD AND SCARY" ,0 ,0, 13, ISH50 DATA-THE MIDDLE OF A ROAD.LAZERS POINT AT YOU .

" , 10,0 , 14 ,01160 OATA-CHEESE", "SWORD-

OATA" NOTHING", "FOOTBALL ","POGO STICK"1180 DATA"MIRROP" , "GLUE" , "MAINFRAME" , "MAO TAPE" , "GRASS"USB DATA-BLOOD" ."BLUE KEY"

10200 DATA"RED KEY","OLO HCW MAGS" , "GREML IN"H GATA"GO","INV","HELP* , "JUMP , "K ILL

"

0220 DATA-QUIT", "SWIM"1B230 DATA"EAT" , "GET" , "DFCF

"

10240 DATA "OPEN", "UNLOrK", "RUN"10250 DATA'WAIT" S

V COMPl.'TING WT-.L-KLY Ifi April 1985 Pag«2S

Ml

Phil Toylorintroduces his

program for

multicolouredgraphics on the

CPC464

owners of i his fine

on paper. Exactly this

:echniquc can be achieved onAmstrad by using the

<;HKS(22) command. When' " 'edbyCHRS(l). as in line

. his turns on a transparent

mode, which can be cancelled

by PRINTing CHRSf.22) +CHRS(0).

In order to make the listing

ortcr to type in, and to enable

ie tiipviiis during the typing

process, 1 have made

doubt be very imprcs-

sed with the wide range of pre

defined graphic svmbol;already programmed

Te let ex I type o

„ Hi;in i Mir

However,

there will obviously be limes

when a shape is required for

which there is no CHRS, and

the SVMBOL coninuml allows

for this. The user first grabs

whatever graphics diEnacted he

will need, so that SYMBOLAFTER 125 will free CHRS(226) io CHRSI255) to be re

defined. In fact, all ih<

positions from to 255 can bused, allowing for a totally nei

prim face, or whatever.

The method of delining such

a character should be w("known to all. and i- detailed

rai7p 46 or Chapter 8 in i

manual. Although 1

usedrefer to vorkiexample, 1 still

binary, and thi

Each column is men worm4.8,16 etc. and the total ca

ritten in denary numbers.

The problem arises, sooni

later, of a shape which will fill

dealt with in this article. Thepurpose, however,

show how colours might oc

'overlaid' so that a multi-

coloured character might be

built up. 1 previously owned a

Spectrum, where this was

impossible, and then anElectron, on which the VDU 5

command joined the text and

graphics cursors and allowed

The problem is best imagined

by thinking of the character

being drawn in one colour, on

a piece of paper of another

talogy. what is needed is awayof drawing the later pictures on

sheets of clear plastic, rather

:. less

thewell-known CHRS con

These are explained du

notes on the program. 1 havf

included three fairly straight

forward screens to enable lh(

process more readily 1 claim lie

prizes for their brilliance, but I

feel they do show the possibili

ties. Screen I uses a 3 x 3 grid

with [he CHRS being defined a:

follows:

213 black

214 pink

215 blue

224 black

225 pink

226 red

227 white

219 black

220 pink

221 blue'

W\\\\\W\\\\\\WW^

Thus a total of 29 SYMBOLcommands must be written out.

These can then be put together

in a fairly straightforward

^lL'tlsMllWU.io 16 colour

hack grim ml mlii

mil.irli prim ''

i-Diiiplcid:, in

1 IO PEN n

CHR$(22»;CHRS(2Z4);CHRS

Pme 16 HOML COMPUTING V.LLK1 V 16 April I98J

^HOML tO\ll'UTIN(i WFHKLY 16 April 1985 PaBi

HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY 16 April 1985

Here's the third

part of Cllve

Gittord's series

on Amstrad CPC464noise capabilities

o

Q

O

N;

White noise is Ihe basis

Ihe explosions, gunshots anddrumbeats you hear on

: for i

How do you obtain the

channel'.' Firstly, youswitch off Ihe pitch paratof the sound statement, then byadding a number between I and15 as the seventh number onyour SOUND statement, youchoose one of the different

types of white noise available.

Putting a number of thedifferent noises in a loop to beplayed one after another creates

ingeffect. If you plav

verse order (from 15ijwunadurationofahalforthird of a second, you get

lite a good imitation of the

The t : channel can beown, as suggested

ivc when used in

sound envelopes Below arc iv

different effects found whiwhite noise is shaped by :

The mini-synthesiser demon-strates a number of the features

we have discussed over Ihe threearticles. The top row of keys,

excluding [he ESC key, all playa different note. The KEY DEFcommands in line 290 allow the

keys on the right of the top row(DEL, CLR etc) to be used. Onpressing the ESC key twice, thecomputer resets these keys totheir original values.

The 14 keys play the basic

notes of the middle and the

upper firsl octave. The data in

line 280 corresponds to the

octaves and this information is

stored in the array M(X). Youmust select the sound yourequire from the choice ofPiano, Peeow (rather like

20 rem MINI-SYNTH3H REM »«**»••**»40 GOSUB 190:GOSUB 26050 ON BREAK GOSUB 37060 ON ERROR GOTO 37070 A*-INKEY*:IF A*=" THEN 70S0 N=A5C(A*)-4B

KI OR n

N=33 Tl-

N=39 THEN V=2:T=1 : PAPER #2,UCLS

N=21 THEN V=0:T=0:P=15:PAPER #3,1

N=34 THEN V=3:T=2:PAPER #4,1:CLS

N<1 OR N>14 THEN 70150 SOUND 1,M<N) ,30,P,V,T160 SOUND 2,M(N) ,30,P,V,T170 SOUND 4,M<N> ,30,P,V,T180 GOTO 70190 REM SCREEN DISPLAY200 CLS:PEN 2:DIM ES(4J:LOCATE 10,2:PRINT "M I N I - SYNT H":LOCATE 10,2:PEN 1;PRINT CHR*(22);"„__":LOCATE IB.liPRINT "

" ;CHR*f22)+CHR*(0>210 WINDOW #1 , 1 ,9,9, 16: WINDOW #2,11,19,8,16:WINDQW #3,21,29,B,16:WIND0W #4,31,39,8,16220 RESTORE 230:FOR T=l TO 4:PAPER #T,3tPEN #T,2:CLS #T:READ E*(T):PRINT #T,STRING*<35," ");' ";E*(T>:NEXT230 DATA "PIANO", "PEEQW",''ORGAN", 'SPACE"240 INK 1,6,0250 RETURN

2B0 DATA 478,426,379,

TQ 14:READ M(T>:

358,319,284,253,:

330 ENT -1,15,3,3,3,-5,1340 ENT -2,5,5,1,5,-5,1350 RETURN360 REM370 REM END3BB KEY DEF 79,I,127:KEYDEF 24, 1,94: KEY DEF 25,11,48: PEN 2:END

synlhesised drums). Organ (the

basic, unaltered sound of theAmstrad 's sound generator)and Space. Use 'Q', <W, 'E'

1 'R'

a sound key is pressed, a! and/or volume envelope is

selected. From looking at lines

100 to 130 and line .100 [0.140.

>u can see which envelope.uses which effect andaurally, these envelopes cantaken from the program anded in your own programs.Lines 150 to 170 play the note

which lasts for just under one-third of a second. I first tried tokeep the duration far shorter, tomaintain more control ovei ....

sounds and the speed they areplayed, but I soon found that(he quality of the envelopedeteriorated when adjusted tt

smaller durations. The endresult is a compromise whichproduces some reasonableeffects.

of the program is

nth collecting yourand with providing the

display.

tlOMI- COMPUTING WEEKLY' II

CO

o

Trapped in thedungeons ofCastleStormwrath youmust escape andsteal the baron'smagic powers.By Clive Gifford

A;ihunder claps and

lightning splits the sky

in two, the formidable

form of Castle Stormwrath

clearly commands the horizon.

The home of the Baron is not .a

friendly place, as you have

found out, spending the winter

in a dungeon, deep within the

You are a humble peasant

with a simple mission to wrest

control of your homelands

from the baron. To do ihi .

must locate the source of the

baron's magical. Steal

source and escape from

Ctlstle. hiiilv ami sanity ml

Tins adventure uses Uic

standard verb noun format

only the first three letters of

each command and object

necessary. It should take you

many hours to complete.

WESTUPDOWN

DROPI [-.AVE

scold-FIGHT KILLPOLISH RUBQUIT DRINKEAT

KEV DOORBOOK VASEEMPTY BOTTLE

APPLETROLL GENIEHOLLOW PANEL

INVENTORYLIGHTOPENSCORE

: I. BOTTLLCHESTCUSHION

SNAKEBARONGUARDS

20 REM CASTLE STORMWRATH

5B MODE 0:LOCATE 5,12:PRINT "PLEASE WAT. ":GOSUB 114060 PP=P:CL5:PEN 1 : BORDER INT (RND»27> :M=I

+L:IF M>600 THEN INK 1 ,24, It LOCATE t>, 10

PRINT "YOUR STRENGTH HAS FAILED YOU" s GO'

105070 PRINT:PRINT STRING* (40,"*"

)

80 PRINT "You are ";L*tP):IF L=l THEN PR

INT:PRINT: RINTil 1411

)=P THEN PRINT;PRINT "Vol

IBB FDR T=l TO 171

:

TABU3);0*(T!110 NEXT120 PRINT: PRINT: PRINT "Visible Exits are:";:FOR T=l TO A: IF L(P,T)>0 THEN PRINT

nTD*(K«, <T*3)-2,3>;"-";130 NEXT140 IF O(B,1)=0 AND 0(9,11=0 AND P=23 AN

D 0(15,11023 THEN PRINT 'ing noises M :GOTO 1100ISO IF 0>-l AND DVOl AND O(B,1)=0t=Q-l

dv<:

I THEN

1=0 THEN

=P THEN PRINT "You camture is about to attai(P,Y)=L(P,Y1:L<P,YI=0:I1S0 IF 0(17, 1)=P AND L-

THEN PRINT "The Guard'

:FOR T=l TO 7:A<P,T1-L

190 IF I

. AND Q=-l AND 0(8, i:

:ioor. . .SMASH":SOUND 1,32,100

,1)=P OR 0(15,11it move, the crea":FOR Y=l TO 7:A

1 AND D(17,2)=-2

fight"<=0:NEX

=28 OR P=24 THEN 105BIT:PRINT:HNE INPUT "What Next'

;AS-.A*=UPPER*(A*1:IF LEFT*(A*,21="UP"D LIP,5)>0 THEN P-L(P,5) ELSE IF LEFT*(A*,31="D0W" AND L(P,6)>0 THEN P=L(P,6>

SE IF LEFT*(A* I2)="UP" AND P=L(P,5)<1

EN 250210 IF LEFT*(A*,3)="N0R" AND L(P,t)>0 TH

EN P=L(P,11 ELSE IF LEFT*(A*,3)="S0U" AC

D L(P,2)>B THEN P=L(P,2) ELSE IF LEFT* (f

*,3I-"EAS" AND L<P,3>>0 THEN P=L(P,3) EL

SE IF LEFT* ( A*, 4 !=" WES" AND L(P,4)>0 THE

N P=L(P,4)220 IF PPOP THEN PRINT "Moving Now..."!

60T0 340230 IF LEN(A*)<3 THEN PRINT "Too Short":

BUTD 20024B IF L=l AND 0117, 1)-P THEN PRINT "Yoi

cannot do anything other than move":GDT

B.nhnil.L'l-OII SI M l,»

;e computing weekly is April ms

8: IF D*(T)=LEFT*(I

250 IF L=2 AND P=5 AND LEFT*(A*,3)0"FIG" AND LEFT*{A*,3!<> ,, HIT" AND LEFT*<A*,3)0"KIL" THEN PRINT "You can Dnly fight":goto 34

a

260 PRINT:PEN 3:V=0:FOR T=l TO 21HF C* (

T)=LEFT*(AS,3) THEN V=T:T=2i27(1 NEXT: IF V=0 THEN PRINT "You cannot d3 that": GOTO 34B280 IF LEFT*(A*,3)="INV" DR LEFT*(A*,3)="LIS" DR LEFT*(A*,3)="SC0" OR LEFT*(A*,3)="DUI" OR LEFT*(A*,3)="JUM" THEN GDTD 330290 Z=INSTR(A»," "

) : B*=MID« (A*,Z+1 ,3)S IF V>0 AND Z=0 THEN PRINT "This cammi must be followed by an object" : G] 340

310 N=0:FOR T=:3) THEN N=TlT=:320 NEXT: IF N=0 THEN PRINT "No such obiect":BOT0 340330 ON V GDSUB 350,350,1020,430,430,480,480,510,560,600,600,600,710,760,780,800,

MILE INKEY*="":HEND:CLS #1: SOUND 1 , 100+INT (RND»200)

:

GOTO 60I TAKE/GET/PICK UP

360 IF O(N,1)=0 THEN PRINT "Fool, you alive it": RETURN

370 IF 0(N,2)=-1 THEN PRINT "You cannot; that, it's far too large": RETURNIF 0(N,2)=-2 THEN PRINT "You cannot

> a creature either alive or dead":RETURN

I, l)OP THEN PRINT "It's not hef" : RETURN

400 IF DV=1 AND 0(8,I)=P AND D(9,1)=P AND N=9 THEN PRINT "The vase is safely car~ied on the velvet cushion" : (8,

1

i =0:0 (9,:>=0:RETURN

i AND DVOl AND 0(9, HOP THENRINT '

>ves":0=2t0(8,l :0: RETURN

': RETURN430 REM DROP/LEAVE440 IF O(N,no0 THEN PRU

to drop it'1=8 AND 0(9,1)=P THEN PRINT "Tlely drops on the cushion, toe;safely, just TAKE CUSHION" :DV=:

» THEN PRINT "i

=999: RETURN'0 0(N,1)=P:PRINT "You dri

: RETURN480 REN LIST/ INVENTORY490 CLS:PRINT:PRINT TAB112:<IED":PEN 2:PRINT:PRINT:X=0:FOR.:IF O(T,1>=0 THEN X=X*1:PRINT 1

I NEXT: RETURN1 REM EMPTYI IF NO10 THEN PRINT "You cannot i

:hat " : RETURN530 IF 0(10,1)00 THEN PRINT "You dor

b the bottle, I'm afraid" :RETURN540 IF P<>27 THEN PRINT "The liquid t

hole

0:O(10,1)=999:RETURN550 PRINT "The poison lands in the st

":D(lB,l)=999:O(3,I)=0:a*(17)="a piledead GUARDS": 0(17,2) =-1 :RETURN

560 REM LIGHT570 IF 0(2,1)00 OR (N<>2 AND NOIB) THEN PRINT "You can only light the lamp wrch must be with you":RETURN5B0 IF N=1B THEN L=ls PRINT "The light i

switched off":RETURN590 PRINT "The lamp is on, you can see11 around you. To switch lamp off, entr LIGHT 0FF":L=2:RETURN600 REM FIGHT /KILL/HITMB IF LEFT*<A*,3)="H1T" AND N=lb AND F

22 THEN PRINT "The panel breaks reveal

i

":L(22,3)=9:0*(16)="a smashed panel ": REURN620 IF N<>12 AND NOI3 AND N<>15 AND N<17 THEN PRINT "You violent person! For

KEY*="":WEND;RUN630 IF 0(N,1)OP THEN PRINT "How can ycfight something that isn't here":RETUR

640 IF N=17 THEN PRINT "You stood nonee against that many":GDTD 1050650 IF (N=I3 OR N=12 OR N=15> AND 0(1OB THEN PRINT "Without any weapon, yfight was long and arduous" :M=M+560: GOT690

660 IF N=12 THEN PRINT "You kill the sn;ke easily":O(12,l)=999:M"M+40:GOTO 690670 IF N=13 THEN PRINT "You kill the trc11 after a fierce battl e": ( 13, 1 ) =999: M=M+200:GOTO 690bSffl IF N=15 THEN PRINT "You only managedto wound him":M=M+200:O(15,l)=INT(RND*T)+10:GOTO 690690 IF N=13 AND 0(1,1)00 THEN 1050700 FOR T"l TO 7:L(P,T)=0(P,T):NEXT:RETU

n the c

730 IF P05 AND N=6 THEN PRINT "There isno chest here":RETURN

740 IF 0(4,1)00 THEN PRINT "You are missing something":RETURN750 PRINT "The chest opens to reveal a Vase": 0(B, I ) =3: RETURN760 REM SCORE770 PRINT:PRINT "MOVES TAKEN: ";M: RETURN780 REM QUIT790 GOTO 1080B00 REM DRINKB1H IF N=3 THEN PRINT "There's nothing t

820 IF NO10 THEN PRINT "You cannot drink that !":RETURN830 IF N=10 AND 0(10,1)00 AND 0(10,1)0P THEN PRINT "It's not here to drink":RETURN

RINTtie

B50 REM EAT

the 1

THEN PRINT '

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annot eat that ! "l RETURNI IF Odl.DOB AND Odl.DOP THEN PR

INT "If s not here to eat":RETURN

BBB D (11, D-9991 PRINT "The apple makes y

i -stronger " : M=M- 12B: RETURN.MINE

IF D(N,1X>P AND 0(N,:

The object must be henexamine it":RETURN

<>ffl THEN PRIN

|<i OR N>10 THEN PRINT "There is

,ore that can be said"! RETURN

920 PRINT "Your examination reveals...":

J N-5 GOTO 93B,940,95B,96B,970930 PRINT "a keyhole in the beautiful ly-

': RETURN

940 I >INT '

IBB NEXT:FDR X=l TO 30: FOR Y=l TO 7:REA< L(X,Y)tIF L(X,Y>=-1 THEN L (X, Y)=1NT (Rf

P*91+9(IF RND>0.6 THEN L(X,Y)=0.190 NEXT: NEXT1200 FDR T=l TO 1B:READ 0*<T1 ,0(T, 1 ) ,0(1

,21 :NEXT1210 FOR T=l TO 21 (READ C* <T) :N£XT:FOR T

-I TO 1B:READ D*(T):NEXT1220 MODE liINK 1,24:1NK 0, 1 (CLS: WINDOW#1,15,26,25,25:PEN #1,3:PAPER #1,21230 RETURN _ ..

1240 DATA "in a dark. Dungeon deep in th

heart of Castle Stormwrath" ,

"

1250 DATA "in the Great Hallway 1

State Bedroom", "in the Throne F

I Baron's Gardens", "in a stor

970 PRINT "a bottle of potent poison, c

e sip Mill ki.ll":RETURN

9B0 REM CLEAN/DUST /POLISH990 IF L(1,3J=2 THEN PRINT "The genie i

too tired to help again" (RETURN1000 IF O(2,l>-0 AND N=2 AND P=l THEN F

e theGenie Of The Lamp appears and opei

the door for you": Df 14 , 1 >=P:L ( 1 ,3>=2:f

TURN1010 PRINT "Nothing Happens" : RETURN1020 REM JUMP1B30 IF LIP, 7X1 THEN PRINT "Nothing Hap

pens" (RETURNIF >>B 1

, . ':FDR T=220 TO 80 STEP -20:SDUN,10:NEXT:FOR T=1B0 TO 240 STEP 20:S

DUND 1,T,10:NEXT:RETURN1B50 REM DEFEAT1060 FOR T=l TO 3000: NEXT: CLS: INK 0,6: IN

If 1,B: BORDER 0:PEN 1 : LOCATE 1,10:PRINT "

YOU FAILED IN YOUR ATTEMPT TO BEAT

THE DARK FORCES. YOU DIED BRAVELY."1070 FOR T=S0 TO 410 STEP 3B:S0UND 1,T:N

EXT:FOR T=l TO 1000: NEXT: PRINT: PRINT:PRI

NT10S0 PRINT:PRINT "Do you want to play ag

to90 A*=INKEY*:IF A#="Y" THEN RUN ELSE I

F A#="N" THEN END ELSE GOTO 1090

.100 REM VICTORY110 FOR T-l TO 2500: NEXT: CLS: PEN 1:L0CA

TE 1 10:PRINT " YOU ARE RESCUED FROM TH

E BATTLEMENTS AND TAKEN BACK TO YOURCOUNTRY WHERE YOUR LORD GIVES YOU LAN

IS AND TITLES".120 FOR T=l Tl

D 1,340- (10*:END

1130 STOP1140 F

1150 L

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1270 DATA "in i

Staircase"1280 DATA 0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,24,0,1,30,0.

],B,0,5,B,B,B,0,B,3,3B,4,

4,0,0,0,0,0,--1,-1,-1,0,-:-1,13,11,02,0,15,13,-1.6,0,15,17,-1

1310 DATA 0,22,fi

0|0,26,B,25,B,0,B^Bi27,B,B,B,28,B,B,26,0

10,O,B,B,l!,B

1B,B,B,IJ,l!l,0,H,B,0,B|5^/^T a

1320 DATA "a KNIFE" ,8,0, "an old, dirty LAMP", 0,0, "an empty BOTTLE" ,999,0,

"

ient rusty KEY", 27,0, "a solid oak DOOR",1,-11330 DATA "a carved CHEST" ,5,-1 , "a dustyBOOK", 21,0, "a precious VASE" ,-5,0, "a vr

lvet CUSHION", 3, B, "a FULL BOTTLE", 7, 91340 DATA "a golden APPLE" ,6,0, "a venomc

us SNAKE", 26, -2, "a greedy TROLL" ,7,-2, "a

mysterious GENIE" ,-1 ,-1 . "the evil BARON",23,-11350 DATA "a hollow PANEL", 22,-

F GUARDS", 5, -2, "Hi", 999, 99'

1360 DATA "TAK","GET","JUM","DRO", l, LEA",

,IS" ," INV" , "EMP" , "LIB" , "FIG" , "KIL" , "HIT

i"OPE" , "SCO" , "BUI "

, "DRI ", "EAT" , "EXA"

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This Is a hotch-potchprograms and articles — mostlythe former — many of whichwere originally published i

of the belter Ameicomputer magazines,definitely a book for

lypisls, lis there are a lot oflengthy listings. The prof,

include a machine languageeditor and a proofreader,

make program entry as painless

a good manythe keyboard if you

worn m make the most of this

There are some advamagithough, to buying yoi

programs in book form. Theprice is one obvious one — youget over 20 programs for little

more than the price of onecassette. The range of programsoffered is another good point,

as they include utilities andedut,Ui(>]i,il programs

i. You al

ickgrtigeu

nformation than the averageassetre inlay offers, togetheruilh hints and advice on ivriiing

The book is split into five

chapters, the first being onBASIC programming -articles, rather than listings —

recreations and applications,

education, sound and graphics,

and utilities. The programsinclude a turtle graphicsinterpreter, a program designedfor the handicapped to allow

joy stick-con trolled program-ming, Screen 80, which as it's

name suggests provides an80-column display, and apaintbox program.A good buy if you have a

taste for obscure programs anda lot of spare time. M.N.

Price: £10.95

Publisher: Compute! Publica-

Distributor: Holt Saunders. 1 Si

Anne's Rd, Eastbourne, EastSussex BN21

Advanced BASIC andMachine Code for the

Commodore 64

introduction to machine codeand assembly language. The

techniques used in BASICprogramming while

tli'voiei.! r,i machine code.The first chapter \_

examples of how to speed upyour BASIC programs and i

up less memory. The secc

chapter describes how to writ

database program by giving I

iLt-c:ihi]i{ ii

g up a mplearcade game step by step.

Sections of (he program are re-

written to be faster and morememory efficient as you learn

of new methods and instruc-

The book gives a listing for a

includes an assembler /disas-sembler along with the usual

tor features. There are

us memory maps andtables included in the back of

book for ref.

purposes.

It is obviously well

although the example programs-—*1 line by line annotated,

is quite a fall-back for a1LT Mhi) UOLlld um!I\ IIUI'J

: the functions of all the

commands in detail.

Price: i -95

Publisher: Duckworth

Machine Code for

Beginners on the

AmstradA number of the "GoldenWonder Book of Machine Codefor Complete Idiots and LameBrains on the Black and DeckerHome Computer" books at

The machine c

ins off by giv: _ _

ample of how fast machineipared to BASIC. It

6502 command set and i

and registers used by theprocessor. As you continue thevarious forms of addressing are

introduced and explained.Some of the final examplesexplain how to use 16-bit

addition, subtraction,pticaiiiin and division.

Throughout this book

i-l'liIv ^

On then to Steve Kramer'soffering. Will it do the ti

Yes... and no has to be theanswer here! It certainly doeslake you from the very begin-

ning, getting you to enter a very

simple example in the first fewpages. The style, "

to the

It's clear that Steve hashard id make it easy withoutmissing anything out, but on

are heavy going. The trouble is

that the subject matter is sodarned abstract that even withthe copious diagrams andassembler listings it's very hardwork. To give him his duethough, he hasn't just taken a

stock Z80 programming tomeand tarted it up for the CPC464,this book is pretty machim

In order to make Ihe best usi

of this 1 feel you will need l.

buy an Assemblcr/Monitoiprogram, Amsoft's is £24.95,making a big financial commit-ment to your learning. I ei '

really advise you to make asunless your BASIC program-ming is of a very high order,

and you have the abilty l

manual from cover to cover.

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£?e&JTdr /-/£Ffi?

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Q.

<O

Shingo Sugiura

gives you fhe

low-down'on graphics

packages currently

available for the

SBC

in drawing prettyI

,i.vmpuk'1 graphics ison<

..._ mosl fascinating aspects of

computing. The Beeb has greal

potential in this area. The fully

detailed pictures may be built up.

II you're interested in CAD, you

can buy the excellent llitsiick

System but if you simply want to

show off your artistk talcni- arid

doodly, there is a wide range of

drawing packages. The quality

ranges from excellent io useless.

In this article, I have looked at a

variety of packages.

Drawing package — Bog-Byte

With this package, you are

limited to MODE 2 (a modewhich seems to be favoured by

most packages even though the

resolution is low).

When the program is fit

entered there are two modes

draw mode and "move" mot;

In draw mode, a line is drawn

mode, the cursor may be moved

without disturbing the back-

ground, I was surprised to find

that there was no rubber-banding

facility to complement

mode, which in itself

cumbersome method for drawing

detailed shapes.

There are the usual facilities to

draw triangles, rectangles, circles

and ellipses. Unfortunately, the

positioning of these objects was

very cumbersome and accurate

positioning was impossible.

One facility which 1 liked

about this package was its fill

facility. Since the program is

written in machine code, the fill

was quick and choosing the fill

colour (including shades) was

this package, you are limned

MODE 2. There ate the usual

..tics to plot points, draw

es. draw circles and ellipses,

bw rectangles. However, an

;..usacle omission is the lack

rubbeobanding facility

of you seeing the line before

you actually fix it. Another

suiprising omission is the lack

of a flood fill facility- Iheteare

some very strange facilities, the

most curious of which is a

facility to print a kestrel at the

r... colours), laiilme-

to draw triangles, rectangles,

circles and ellipses. Also, the

are facilities rarely found (

cheap drawing packages. These

include block copying ,

larging a section ol the scr<

rcTYiim* jsisiionof the set

and rotating Because

program i> written in BASIC.

these facilities are painfully

slow but nevertheless, its

to have them. On top of al!

there are some very unusual

faciliii the '

(, mi

oiuhK c,

for tlAll the

rather simple package

small inlay card. Needless to say,

it was not very comprehensive

and I don't recommend this

package very highly.

designed. For example, if you

go back to the main menu, your

picture is lost! Also, most of the

options are chosen by pressing a

combination ofCTRL and key.

Why not use function keys or

This package also includes a

character designer, the sort of

program you would type in

from magazines. There is no

facility to define multi-coloured

characters or facility to save the

character in the form of BASIC

Artltt - Po.on

Drawing is limited to MODE 2,

but this particular drawing

package is characterised by i"

extensive use of little pics

show the various options. These

are constantly available on both

sides of the screen. Although

,i)iich allows you tc

of screen with random

dots, and a facility to define

characters on the screen without

disturbing the main picture.

Lack of keyboard option

the fact that you can only draw

in MODE 1 were irritating but

overall, this drawing package is

very good value for money and

easy to use.

r- friendly.

res produced on mare characterised by their solid

outlines. This particular pack-

age (available only on disc) is

very different in that respect. It

dollop of spray maydeposited at the cursor po.sitt

by depressing a certain key. The

size of this spray may be varied

by changing the size of the

from the promotional pics, t

possible effects are stunnir,

However, the actual spraying

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(his so!

MODE and MODEfor drawing and low :

MODE 2 has beenAlso, joystick optionleft out in favour of I]

precise keyboard

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sum up, I think humk would he happy will'. Aii

ins as a drawing package(although it is rather expensive

and does need disc drives). If

your finances stretch further,

you should seriously consider

the AMX system, not as a

drawing package, but as a very

exciting peripheral.

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<5Now (haf you can redefine

characters Shingo Suglvra shows youhow to make them move

alphabet) is all very well, but

lis article. I

imple characiRedefine character 224 as an

(as shown in the firsi of(his series) and we will auempt

ovc this alien about Ihe

ThePRINT

splay the

II and then

redisplay it ai another position.This provides the illusion ofmovemeol. To print a chaiacterai a specific position oo thescreen, there is a commandTAB which stands foe TAB-ulalion. If you have usedtypewriters, you can probablyguess that n allows you toindent ten For example, select

MODE1 by lyuing MODE!(RETURN) and try:

PRINT TAB(L1)U!R5224

Die Ci

prln

see that (he alier

s from the left. Then the bracket specifies

nn at which you warnyour

(remember thai Ihe first columnis zero not one). The number ofcolumns in a screen depeni'

what MODE you are ii

MODF.. i) and 3, Ihere a

columns. In MODES I,

Ihere arc 40 and in MODEs 2and 5, there are 20. Usingallows us lo position a dun

rhe diameter in the middthe itiuren? Vou must specwhich column and rowcharacter should be printed. Todo this, we need a secondparameter in TAB in the formTAB(X,Y). As before, the first

number is Ihe column, busecond number is the row. Type

PR!NTTAB(I0,10)CHRS224

know the cartesian co-ordinatesystem, you could think of ihe

TAB parameters as the X and Yco-ordinates, except the origin

is situated at top left handcorner as shown in fig, I.

Using TAB in this way allows

us to print a character at any

order to move the alien fromleft to right on the tenth r<

we can employ the melhoddescribed earlier in a program.

I0MODE1:0iT)R X-0TO3930PRINT TAB(X,10K"HI«22450PRINTTAB(X,10) ,M '

60NEXT

hut it is far 100 fast and ii

llickcrs a lot! The flicker is

lo Ihe fact that the humancannot register the character

fast enough. The solution is to

put a small delay in line 40 in

the form:

40FOR A-0 TO 100:NEXT

One problem is, the character is

icn small. In a 8 » 8, you canhaidly display your true artistic

displaying bigger characters byprinting several characters n>

to each other? We will attempt

W1EEKLY 16 April 1985 Page 31

Take your pick: the

Arcade or twoversions of fhe

Kemps/on joystick.

HCW experts tell

you what they

think

ArcadeFitted with Ihe siandard nine

pin D connector and about oro

metre of lead, the body of thi

Arcade is finished in black ABSplastic, shaped roughly like

domestic iron. A single bodymounted firebutton at the sharp

end makes it equally suitable

for right- or left-hand use, but

Ihe absence of a stick mounted

handed job.

Surprisingly, in the face of

the three very small rubber pads

fitted underneath, the Arcade

: of i: Of

gravity, though the pads really

should be larger. For hand held

use, a small depression at the

front almost fits the unused

forefinger perfectly — not bad,

bui not quite right.

The visible portion of the

solid steel stick is covered in

plastic, and surmounted by a

ball small enough to be gripped

with thumb and forefinger, but

large enough to occupy the

palm of the hand. The shank

disappears into a boss on the

body, which, when removed,

reveals a very hieli standard 01

construction. The boss itself

cables are brought into the

body, then terminated in a

proper plug which fits into a

mounted socket.

In use, the Arcade is equally

impressive, though, as with any

new joystick, it takes a little

time to get used to it. Control is

swift, clean and decisis

suspension unit, bonded ll

shaft, and to Ihe body, ant

ihi. which gives lu.ili -in

Beneath [his, aiiachcd to the

shaft, is a circular actuating disc

four Swiss-made precision

micro switches, mounted on a

high quality circuil board.

These arc replaceable in the

event of damage, though Ihis

seems unlikely, and give a very

positive click when contact is

made. The firebutton is simi-

larly equipped. Finally, at ihe

of the actuating disc locates in a

depression moulded into the

base in the base of the shape of

an eight-pointed star, thus

giving clear directional Feel, The

button on the stick itself would

Joysticks are often either

touch or sensitive. This one is

both. Well worth checking oul,

but pricey. D.M.

Price: £15.95

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Kempsfon Joysticks

As Kern pion has always been at

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field, 1 was eager to lest ou"'*"

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stick range, which workIhe Atari, C64. Spectrum and

nine-pin connections.

The Formula 1 joystick i

now the flagship of Ihi

Kempston range. To say Ihe

slick is distinctive is an under-

slatement. When I first opened

the box 1 was nearly ill. ll is

modelled in pale blue plastic

wiih huge white fire buttons.

Having regained some composure 1 examined the Formula

identical to ihe older Compel i-

lion Pro joystick. The differ-

ence became apparent as soon

as 1 waggled the slick. It madelots of linkly clicking noises,

produced by the new micro

switches which Kempslon has

used in place of Ihe previous

leaf switches.

Being as sceptical as ever, I

passed off the use of these

micro switches as a gimick, and

a noisy one too. ll wasn't until I

began to play games with [he

new stick that 1 appreciated ihe

quile substantial difference the

switches made.1 found thai it was no longer

necessary lo keep the stick

rammed over lo one side li

ensure that the spacecraft con

direction. The audible click anihe faint feel of ihe swiic

depressing, made Ihe Formula

a (ouch player's dream.

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The Formula 2 is also deckedout in the colours of the

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The base is fitted with tuckersand I would recommend that

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/V9 I G>ot<4eK Senate,

landau Wffi 3fl3-

mid Inlay cards

Since the computer games

ling to see the wide —ild — variety of illus-

s on cassette inlay

cards and on (he packaging

I remember some time agoseveral letters appeared in

HCW erilicising these illus-

a falsi

Keceink firebird unlcased

range. The inlay cards

at ure Ihe thing we've all

:en clamouring Tor —reen shots. Unfurl im:iidy.

r me anyway, they have

precisely (he opposile of the

desired effect. OK. ihey show

tint you're getting, but

collection Ihey look

pretty unimpressive.

With C64 games costing

anything up to a leaner it's

nice to have something great

to plav anil something itseal

to look at. US Gold seems to

have found Ihe answer bynixing an illustration with an

from the

game — on most of its

software anyway.Some naff ideas have

arisen — New Generationuses photographs which ate

vcr> unappealing. Also somedefinitely not

can you heat

me. Interceptor';

What I'm really getting ai

is the fact that it would be a

good idea to have posters

included in the game price.

Most soli ware is dear enoughanyway. Not only do the

belter way to cover the holes

in Ihe wallpaper.

Andy Clorke. Bodd.

Loading problems —

I purchased an AmstradCPC464 about two monthsago. I am very pleased with

its performance, the range of

software is increasing all ihe

lime, and general! v I am verv

satisfied with it.

However I reel I must com-plain about the Virgin's

Sorcery. I originally pur-

of Ihe tape, but r

1 the t > the

:hanged

This loo proved faulty,

failing to load on either side.

I aeain changed the tape, (o

no avail. 1 ihen tried a uil'fet-

enl supplier, but still 1 had no

1 have just tried the re-

placement batch of tapes

from my original supplier.

These too have prosed faulty.

e.\/irrierifiii)t on the Commodore 64. When a tap

features a fa.sl-ltia/l system, i

ih,' user \ tape recorder heart

are even slightly out of tint

/In' machine can't cope wit,

it'ir speed of load.""To remedy Ihis we'v,

mi iv released a new version nj

Sorcery, which has fast-laud

on one side, anil a slow-load

on the other. The pruhleiii's

had about 30 tapes returnedma nf .several thousand.

"

"Mark lluytcy should sent!

his xuine directly back to us

and we'll replace it.

Whenever a user buys soft-

ware and has problemsloading it. and the shop-

keeper has to replace it

several limes, the user should

Ntil lovaJJ, » Bompton,Tumor Rd, Worts, W«fon

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Programs arc always supplied on

cassette and are accompanied by full

details of the program variables, howthe program works and any hints on

conversion you can offer. Please type

these details double spaced. Listings

are helpful but not essential. What is

vital is that the programs should be

completely error free, so please

double check.

Always use a coupon firmly fixed to

the back of your envelope, and fully

complete and enclose the cassette

inlay card.

We are particularly interested in

programs with less than 100 actual

lines of BASIC. All submissions are

acknowledged.

Send yourprograms to

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wishes to have details of a UKsupplier of software and hard-

wore for the Aquarius computerwhich he boughl recently.

VK'-ai on nets who can help

David Collet ta of Bedford,

please contact us. He warns a

listing of a Bar Shooting and a

Grand Prix racing game for his

machine. If you have one ready

for publication perhaps youcould send it in.

R W Jeffs from Ijjndon is

looking for a routine which will

allow him to have two indepen-

dent and noti-corruplablc

screens in memory at any one

lime. The routine must be able

lull ol test or pictures.

Finally, an answer from our

advemure fanatic to (he

question about Return to

Pirate's Isle printed in HCWLOO, An exploration of the

Pirate's Isle is not pan of this

adventure nl all. but part of

Adventure 2,

If you have any qiwxtiniis 01

answers please send them tc

Headers' Pnei: Home Comput-ing Weekly. No. I Golden So,

London WIR 3AB. We will

print litem as soon as possible

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answers to the writer of the

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Tom

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:ad with interest Soapboxin Ihe new style magazine. Alower number of published

programs is bound to improvethe standard of the rest, and

must be 10 Ihe benefit ofthe buying public. There has

been such a plethora of gamesin the past few years thai a great

deal of care (and study of yourviews) has been necessary to

sure good value for money.

spent on each one. and greater

care to ensure a high quality,

high selling piece of software.

This is already in evidence,

particularly among adventure

games, where a few top quality

are firms have a very high

percentage of the available

market. Certainly my C64 is

ry well supplied.

Long may this Irend

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